Vegetable-cutter.



No. 782,689. PATENTED FEB. 14, 1905.

D. .T. OKEEFFE.

VEGETABLE CUTTER;

APPLIQATION FILED MAR. 17, 1904.

2SHEBTS-SHEET 2.

WI'IYVESSES- UNITED STATES Patented February 14, 1905.

PATENT OEETQE.

VEGETABLE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 782,689, dated February 14, 1905.

Application filed March 17, 1904. Serial No. 198,649.

To MM w/wm it may concern:

6 designates abutment-bars extending on Be it known that I, DANIEL J. OKEEEFE, the inside face of each of the cross-bars 3, acitizen of the United States, residing at H emagainst which the detachable knife-frames 7 ingford. in the county of Boxbutte and State rest. of Nebraska, have invented certain new and The detachable frames 7 comprise the side useful Improvements in Vegetable-Cutters; stiles 8, cut away at their upper and lower and I do hereby declare the following to be a ends to form the tongues 9 for making a snug full, clear, and exact description of the inven fit within the diverging frames. The frames tion, such as will enable others skilled in the may further be held rigidly in position by art to which it appertains to make and use the suitable means, such as screw-bolts 10, Fig. 1. same. The cross-bars 11 of the frames 7 are set invention relates to improvements in back from the front edge of the frames and vegetable-cutters, and is more especially apare slotted atl2 to receive the longitudinal plicable for use in cutting up potatoes in slices cutting-blades 13 when the vegetables are to v or dice-like form. be cut in blocks. 5

The main object is to provide a simple and 14: represents a plurality of transverselydurable apparatus which will be double-actdisposed cutting-blades suitably secured to ing in effect, and thereby greatly increase its the side stiles 8, as within the slots 15, and efliciency by facilitating the operation of cutpreferably lie flush with the front edges of ting up great quantities of the vegetables to i the frame. 7 be prepared. The presser-board comprises the enlarged Broadly speaking, the invention consists in portion 16, pivoted at 17 to the base-frame providing a vertical feeding-trough witha and provided with the elongated shank 18, plurality of spaced knives on each side thereof pivotally connected to any suitable rocking against which are forced the vegetables. means, such as the connecting-bar 19, pivot- To more fully describe the invention, refally secured to the lower end of the lever 20, erence is had to the accompanying drawings, fulcrumed to the frame on the axis 21. illustrating the same, in which like numerals The enlarged portion 16 of the presserdesignate corresponding parts in the several board is provided with the transverse grooves views, and in which 22, adapted to register with the cuttingblades Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus; 1 1, and is also provided with the longitudinal Fig. 2, an end elevation ofsame; Fig. 3, a fragseries of graduated pins 23 for holding the mentary view,inlongitudinal section, through vegetables from transverse displacement in the feed-trough; Fig. 4, an enlarged fragmenthe feed-trough. These projecting pins 23 tary view, in horizontal section, through the are disposed between the grooves 22 so as to 5 feed-trough; Fig. 5, a detail perspective of operate between the transverse knives. one of the detachable frames carrying the In operation the vegetables are delivered to knives, and Fig. 6 a perspectiveof the presserthe feed-trough on each side of the presserboard. board as the same is oscillated by the lever 1 is the base or supporting-frame of any 20, and the transverse knives registering in 9 suitable structure. On top of the base-supthe grooves of the presser-board insure the port, at one end thereof, is located the feedpieces being completely severed so as to fall ing-trough, consisting of ahopper like structhrough the openings 4: into any receptacle ture formed by the diverging front and rear placed to receive them. frames comprising the side stiles 2 and the The frames 7 being detachable may be upper and lower cross-bars 3, leaving an enreadily taken out for the purpose of cleaning larged open space 4, through which the cut-up them. pieces of vegetables are discharged. The up- In the drawings I have shown the rear deper ends of the diverging frames are held in tachable frame provided with one central position by the transverse bars 5.

longitudinal cutting-blade and the forward I00 one with two, converging toward each other at the lower ends. It is obvious, however, that any number of these blades may be used and their positions adjusted as provided for by the additional slots shown in dotted lines at 12, Fig. 2, or the longitudinal blades may be dispensed with entirely if the vegetables are simply to be sliced and not cut in blocks. I have also shown one of the frames 7 as having the transverse cutting-blades 1 1 spaced at greater distances apart than on the other and a the slots 22 and pins 23 correspondingly disposed on the opposite faces of the presserboard, so that one side of the apparatus may cu}; larger pieces than the other side, if desirab e.

Other obvious changes might be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, but

What I claim is 1. In a vegetable-cutter, the combination with a feeding-trough, of knives arranged at opposite sides thereof, a pivotal-ly-mounted' with a feeding-trough, of knives arranged at opposite sides thereof, a pivotally-mounted presser-board operating in said trough between said knives, longitudinally-disposed side guards on-- both faces ofv said presserboard, comprising a plurality of projecting pins, and means for oscillating said presserboard.-

4:. In a vegetable-cutter the combination with a feed-trough having opposed openings therein, of a plurality of knives mounted in front of said openings, a pivotally-mounted presser-board operating in said trough between said knives, side guards on said presserboard comprising a plurality of projecting pins, and means for oscillating said presserboard.

5. In a vegetable-cutter, the combination with a feed-trough having opposed openings therein, of a pluralityiof knives extending transversely of said openings, a pivotallymounted presser bar, having transverse grooves on its opposite faces adapted to register with said knives, operating in said trough between said knives, side guards on said presser-bar comprising a plurality of longitudinally-disposed projecting pins located between said transverse grooves, and means for oscillating said presserbar.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL J. OKEEF FE.

\Vitnesses:

W. MrroHELL, LOUISE KRAJIGEK. 

